Auld Lang Syne (New Year's)

Happy Vintage New Year's (New Year's)

"Memories", Music by Egbert Van Alstyne(1882-1951), lyrics by Gustavus(Gus)Kahn(1886-1941), 1915. The first of what would be dozens of standards by lyricist Gus Kahn for Tin Pan Alley, on Broadway and in Hollywood. Van Alstyne also wrote "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" and "Pretty Baby" (see Holidays/Valentine's Day and Occasions/Baby).

O Dem Golden Slippers (Mummers' Hymn) (New Year's)

Inextricably associated with the Philadelphia Mummers and their New Year's Day Parade. Blackface minstrel song in the 19th century, a parody of the early Negro spiritual "Golden Slippers," composed in 1879 by Afro-American songwriter James A. Bland(1854-1911). Bland also wrote "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" and "In The Evening By The Moonlight."